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hostile stare
noun as in evil eye
Strongest match
Example Sentences
Should we gaze at a monkey, it would reveal no inclination to exchange glances; it would furtively avert its eyes, or enlarge them in a hostile stare.…
On my way out of the lane that leads from my parents’ place to my home, the neighbors at the halfway point waved, but those near the highway—people with whom we have been cordial—gave me the most violently hostile stare.
But the hostile stare on the faces of the chief’s following, there was no mistaking.
Yet the almost hostile stare of her peculiarly-colored 125 eyes haunted Marjorie for the remainder of the evening.
The hostile “stare” exchanged between the two gentlemen lasted only a second, when the young officer, recomposing his countenance, turned toward Miss Girdwood, at the same time offering his arm.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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